Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Re: Early Fritz letter to Voltaire / Random Thoughts

[mildred_of_midgard]

Oh, Henckel *does* say it was the same horse! Wow, that poor horse.

Apropos of that, I must share this recent finding from The Club with cahn:

After six months in Glasgow, Boswell did a daring thing. He absconded from the university and escaped to London, making the entire three-hundred-mile journey on horseback. Along the way he rode from Carlisle to London in two days and a half, an impressive feat. When he recounted this to some accomplished horsemen they cried out, “What, sir, upon the same horse?” “No, gentlemen,” he replied, “that would be no merit of mine. But I’ll tell you what is better: it was upon the same bum.”

Re: Early Fritz letter to Voltaire / Random Thoughts

[cahn]

:(

Also, hee :)

Re: Early Fritz letter to Voltaire / Random Thoughts

[selenak]

The horse is an unsung martyr of the 7 Years War. Along with the two which got shot under Fritz on other occasions, of course. And Heinrich's horse at Prague.

That is a hilarious anecdote I wasn't familiar with yet (the quote, thata is)!

Re: Early Fritz letter to Voltaire / Random Thoughts

[mildred_of_midgard]

Whee, now I'm proud of myself for finding one that was new to you. :D